Marvin Mandel, Governor                          1707

317-56.

(e) The Authority may acquire the capital stock or the transit
facilities of any private transit company and may perform transit
service, including service by bus or similar motor vehicle, with transit
facilities so acquired or with transit facilities acquired pursuant to
Article VII Section 20. Upon acquisition of the capital stock or the
transit facilities of any private transit company, the Authority shall
undertake the acquisition, as soon as possible, of the capital stock or
the transit facilities of each of the other private transit companies
within the zone requesting such acquisition. Lack of such request,
however, shall not be construed to preclude the Authority from
acquiring the capital stock or the transit facilities of any such
company pursuant to Section 82 of Article XVI.

317-66.

[It shall be a condition of the operation of the transit facilities
owned or controlled by the Authority that the provisions of Section
10(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (49 U.S.C.
1609(c) ) shall be applicable to any contract or other arrangement
for the operation of such facilities.]

(a)    The rights, benefits, and other employee protective condi-
tions and remedies of Section 13 (c) of the Urban Mass Transporta-
tion Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1609(c) ), as determined
by the Secretary of Labor, shall apply to the operation by the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority of any mass transit
facilities owned or controlled by it and to any contract or other
arrangement for the operation of transit facilities. Whenever the
Authority shall operate any transit facility or enter into any con-
tractual or other arrangements for the operation of such transit
facility the Authority shall extend to employees of affected mass
transportation systems first opportunity for transfer and appoint-
ment as employees of the Authority in accordance with seniority, in
any non-supervisory job in respect to such operations for which they
can qualify after a reasonable training period. Such employment
shall not result in any worsening of the employee's position in his
former employment nor any loss of wages, hours, working conditions,
seniority, fringe benefits and rights and privileges pertaining thereto.

(b)    The Authority shall deal with and enter into written con-
tracts with employees as defined in Section 152 of Title 29, United
States Code, through accredited representatives of such employees or
representatives of any labor organization authorized to act for such
employees concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and
pension or retirement provisions.

(c)    In case of any labor dispute involving the Authority and
such employees where collective bargaining does not result in agree-
ment, the Authority shall submit such dispute to arbitration by a
board composed of three persons, one appointed by the Authority,
one appointed by the labor organization representing the employees,
and a third member to be agreed upon by the labor organization
and the Authority. The member agreed upon by the labor organiza-
tion and the Authority shall act as chairman of the boards, the THE
determination of the majority of the board of arbitration, thus
established shall be final and binding on all matters in dispute. If